I heard about this from another...

Hi all. I've put springs on my C8 and found it works very well. Take a look at: http://www.qsl.net/k6krv/sctsprings/ Regards, Dennis

Point a green laser at an aircraft you could get 25 years and a $500,000 fine. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050105/D87DMD880.html

I have a question about the use of a Meade LX-90. Specifically, if one gets the wedge, can one operate it just like an "old school" clock drive fork-mount...

Dear all, I’ve just subscribed to this group after reading the discussion on Adaptive Optics for small telescopes. I’m an amateur astronomer since the early...

OK. In the astro photography newsgroup, people frequently list both seeing and transparency at the time of their photos on a 1-10 scale with 10 being good. I...

After the Big Bang, has space been expanding in the shape of a sphere? Does dragging all the galaxies with it change it's shape as it grows?

What are the disadvantages of using a German Equatorial Mount? - Are portions of the sky unreachable? - Can a GEM track across the meridian? - GEM owners...

1. The cancellation of the Super-Conducting Supercollider to transfer funds to the building of the ISS. Many scientists were outraged at the time and still...

Listen up, you may win a prize if you get this right!!! Question 1: ------------ What is the *second* *reddest* star in the entire night sky to shine above...

Is anyone familiar with the 6" scopes available through ebay, specifically the green/blue/red/black models numbered 1501400...

I got off the phone a bit ago, a news reporter from Bakersfield and nextweek wensday night he's going to meet me up at the cornor and interview me.(June 30th...

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A well-known store is selling 60mm refractors for $60, for delivery or in-store pickup. Recently peterson wrote this about someone else in another thread: ...

I know that birds can appear as black discs when they are out of focus in the telescope. There was a S&T article a few years back about several turn of the...

Not sure if this was already posted here befo http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~pesti/night/ Esmail

Hi, I have the Meade 7 piece eyepiece kit & am not sure why I would need or want the larger ones. From what I understand, the smaller ones give...

Dear amateur astronomers, Moscow Astronomy Club (MAC) is glad to announce several good news. First of all, the Club has finally acquired its own accomodation...

I have an older Meade go-to scope (the LXD-55) with their 10-inch Schmidt-Newtonian OTA. I have never been able to get the go-to system to work, and I'm...

Greetings... I have a question or two... First: Why is it that we only see one side of the moon? That would mean that it's rotational orbit around...